Rocket explodes near ISAF HQ in Kabul

A rocket has hit central Kabul near the German embassy and the heavily fortified headquarters of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

“There has been a rocket attack in the 10th police district of Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul,” Sayed Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada, head of the Kabul Criminal Investigation Bureau, was quoted by AFP as saying.

The attack, which took place around 8:05 p.m. (1535 GMT) in the heavily fortified diplomatic district of the city, “caused no casualties,” he added.

ISAF’s administrative headquarters are in central Kabul and smaller Afghan and international bases are dotted around the city.

This was the first attack on the capital since December 15, when a car bomb explosion in the same district left 8 people killed and 40 others injured.

After more than eight years of US-led counter-insurgency operations, which have left thousands of civilians dead, Afghanistan is struggling with unprecedented violence.